Club News

Hey guys, make sure you mark your calendars for the following NYRR Club Points Races.  These races are fun way to compete against other teams AND get your 9+1 races in.  It's two birds with one stone! Some of these races even benefits different charity groups, so we highly recommend that you try to get at least a handful in!

March 3 – Coogan’s Salsa, Blues & Shamrock 5K

This race takes place uptown…waaaay uptown in Washington Heights.  It’s short but it’s steep.  Think of it as a intense hill repeat session.

April 5 – Scotland Run 10K

You know the drill.  One loop of Central Park, where you know every slight incline and decline of the course.  Scotland Run has traditionally had pretty cool swag, not to mention sexxxxy men in kilts.

May 18 (or 19) – Brooklyn Half Marathon

It’s part of the NYRR 5-Borough Series (although Queens is still missing).  A nice 13.1 race with tech shirt swag.  Starts pretty early, but that means you’re done pretty early as well.  Enjoy the rest of the day lazily watching some HGTV.

June 8 – Mini 10K.

It’s not “Mini” as in small, but Mini because the ladies wore mini skirts at the inaugural race (or something like that).  It’s almost always hot and humid during this race, but with a slightly different course and it being girls only, there’s lots of room to run.

June 16 – Portugal Day 5M

Ladies may run, but only dudes are scored.  And it’s shorter than the ladies’ 10K...does this mean something?  Either way, we expect lots of testosterone filled elbowing along the course. 

June 29 – Frontrunners Pride Run 5M

A different 5M course that includes the Harlem Hills.  It’s literally a prom for our brothers and sisters and everybody else in Frontrunners.  GREAT swag, popsicles at the finish line, and cheer leading boys that wants to be girls, girls that wants to be boys, and boys that like boys and girls that like girls.  Captain Crunch comes dressed to the nines with perfect hair for this race.

August 3 – Club Championship 5M

Double Points for Double Races.  Men and women run separately in this heat and humidity filled race.  Last year we had a picnic afterwards – who knows what we will do this year! 

September 7 – Fitness 4M

With heat finally dissipating away, this early September race is also a Men & Women separate race.  It’s short and it has a great flat finish.  A really good race to time trial right before you head into fall marathon training.

October 6 – Greta’s Great Gallop Half Marathon

An unusual clock-wise 2 loop of Central Park race, and a perfect workout if you are doing the NYC Marathon.  It’s timed perfectly for your training schedule.  Last year, we all got tech shirts, so another awesome swag race.

November 3 - ING NYC Marathon

Do we really need an explanation on this one??  If you want to be in the Local Competitive Team Corral, make sure to run either a full marathon or a half marathon prior to October 2013 at paces faster than these:

Men	Marathon	Half Marathon		Women	Marathon	Half Marathon
18-34	2:53	1:22		18-34	3:16	1:35
35-39	2:55	1:24		35-39	3:22	1:38
40-44	3:02	1:27		40-44	3:30	1:41
45-49	3:08	1:32		45-49	3:40	1:46
50-54	3:16	1:39		50-54	3:48	1:49
55-59	3:26	1:39		55-59	3:56	1:52
60+	3:32	1:42		60+	4:06	1:57

December 14 – Ted Corbitt 15K

It’s cold, but it’s the last race and here we shall see the power of our Nordic runners.  Easy 15K that doesn’t involve the Harlem Hills.  This one sells out fast, so make sure you register quick.